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19 July 2017

Place a finger to your ear for your next conference call

Move over, smart watches. The world’s first voice-powered smart ring, ORII,
has launched on Kickstarter. The Bluetooth-enabled ring turns the hand
into a smartphone using cutting-edge bone conduction technology to
transmit sound.

ORII has dual noise-cancelling
microphones that lets wearers make calls,
send messages and access Siri or Google Assistant without needing to
take out their phones, all by placing a fingertip to the ear. With the
ORII app, users can also set custom alerts using the four LED lights
on the wearable, or have it vibrate.

Beta users' rings (US$399) will ship in November 2017, and the first batch of rings (US$149) will be delivered in February 2018.

ORII
is the first product from Origami Labs, a maker of voice-enabled
connected hardware. The company was founded by four Hong Kong-born
university friends.

Source: Origami Labs. Make discreet calls wherever you are.

Kevin Johan Wong, CEO and Co-Founder of Origami Labs said, “Our inspiration came from my dad who
has been visually impaired from a young age. He set out to develop a
voice and text-based technology to help others like him and is a pioneer
in his field with eight patents under his name. Integrating the same
technology used in hearing aids, ORII uses bone conduction to send sound
discreetly to your ear, creating a device which allows freedom from
screen-based interaction.”

According to a CCS Insight report, 2020 will see a wearables market worth close to US$34 billion.